kinkajou : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kinkajou	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for kinkajou
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kinkajou n arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail Synonym(s): kinkajou, honey bear, potto, Potos flavus, Potos caudivolvulus a kind of lemur Synonym(s): potto, kinkajou, Perodicticus potto
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kinkajou \Kin"ka*jou`\, n. [F. kinkajou, quincajou, from the native American name.] (Zo[94]l.) A nocturnal carnivorous mammal ({Cercoleptes caudivolvulus}) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family ({Cercoleptid[91]}) allied to the raccoons. Called also {potto}, and {honey bear}.